TRUMP ASSURED OF TIKTOK DEAL BEFORE APRIL 5 DEADLINE
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President Donald Trump expressed confidence in reaching a deal on TikTok before the April 5 deadline for ByteDance to sell the app or face a U.S. ban.
“We have a lot of potential buyers. There’s tremendous interest in TikTok,” Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One.
“We have a lot of people that want to buy TikTok. We’re dealing with China also on it, because they may have something to do with it,” he said, adding, “I’d like to see TikTok remain alive.”
Trump recently stated that the U.S. is negotiating with four potential buyers for TikTok, which has 170 million American users.
A U.S. law mandates that TikTok must separate from its parent company, ByteDance, or face a ban due to concerns that China could use the app for surveillance or influencing public opinion.
The law took effect on January 19, just before Trump’s inauguration, but he swiftly postponed its enforcement, allowing TikTok to continue operating.
That delay is set to expire on April 5.
“There’ll be a deal with TikTok, I’m pretty certain,” Trump said when asked if he would extend the deadline if there was no deal.
Trump attempted to ban TikTok in the United States on national security concerns during his first stint in the White House, but has warmed up to it.
“Selfishly speaking, I won the young vote by 36 points. Republicans generally don’t do very well with the young crowd, and I think a lot of it could have been TikTok,” he said.
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